How an Electric Motor Works

A Direct Current Motor has 6 essential parts: armature, or rotor; commutator; brushes; axle; field magnet; and a DC power supply. With an understanding of magnets and magnetism, these 6 parts become a motor.The first step in understanding a dc motor is an electromagnet. An electromagnet is a magnet consisting, essentially, of a coil of insulated wire wrapped around a soft iron core that is magnetized only when current flows through the wire. Simple put, an electromagnet is a piece of metal, in a rectangular shape, with a wire coiled around it. …